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Adapting a Classic

March 22, 2014 2353

Having only ever worked with new writing in my short time as a director, I thought my next play should be a ‘classic’ play – ideally a Shakespeare piece. As Shakespeare has been done so many times I was struggling to find the ‘right’ play, so Franko Figueiredo advised me to look at *The Marowitz

Young Directors take on Canada Water Culture Space

March 8, 2014 1971

After last week’s mind blowing Young Directors Festival ‘Play.ground’, two plays were selected to be developed further and taken to CWCS (Canada Water Culture Space) in a couple of weeks as a double bill entitled ‘Play.ground 2’! After all the excitement, we took some time to have a chat with the two young directors selected,

Creating Space for Young Directors

February 15, 2014 3842

After finishing university I moved home to South East London and got a place on the StoneCrabs Young Directors Program in 2011, something that I am incredibly grateful for. I then went on to successfully gain support from the John Fernald Award, which allowed me to continue my training with StoneCrabs and join multiple productions

Playground2 – Young Director

Playground2 – Young Director

February 12, 2014 1959

Thursday 20th March – Friday 21st March A double bill of electrifying theatre selected from the StoneCrabs Young Director’s Festival. LUNA PARK by Donald Margulies directed by HATTIE COUPE A young man has a dream that he is in an old-fashioned movie theatre. As he sits down to watch the film, he starts to realize

SCYD 2013-2014 (Playground and Playground 2)

SCYD 2013-2014 (Playground and Playground 2)

January 31, 2014 4029

Our 2013 Young Directors are Camilla Gurtler; Jude Evans; Katharina Reinthaller; Eleanor Chadwick, Mariana Pereira, Lynette Linton, Emma Dennis-Edwards, Anthony Nyagah and Hattie Coupe, together they produced Play-ground, a festival of scratch performances. Camilla Gurtler directed An Incident at the Border by Kieran Lynn Jude Evans directed Thirst by Eugene O’Neil Katharina Reinthaller directed A

The Normal versus The Natural

January 30, 2014 1494

I’ve just come back from training with LISPA as part of the London International Mime Festival on the ‘Poetic Body’ and ‘Devising Theatre’. Amongst many inspiring moments, one statement stuck with me: “The Normal versus the Natural”. What’s the difference? This question was asked mostly in relationship to how our bodies behave but I think

Directors and the Transformation of the Acting Space

January 16, 2014 1848

In looking forward to our coming Play.Ground Festival at the Albany in February, at a recent rehearsal, StoneCrabs’ 9 young directors talked about how directors use space. In a series of lectures entitled “The Empty Space: The Theatre Today”, the legendary Peter Brook said ‘I can take any empty space and call it a bare

StoneCrabs Young Directors Festival

January 12, 2014 13182

ACTORS NEEDED FOR STONECRABS YOUNG DIRECTORS FESTIVAL – PAID StoneCrabs Theatre is looking for actors for Play-ground Scratch Festival. The scratch plays will be performed at the Albany Studio Theatre in Deptford over three evenings (27th, 28th February and 1st March). The Festival is part of StoneCrabs Young Directors Theatre Training Programme. FEE: Is Equity

Young Directors – What does it mean to be a director?

December 5, 2013 1718

A director is like an architect… It is hard to begin to explain the kind of impact that StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme is having on all of us. After each session, we feel a mixture of exhaustion and bliss. The work itself develops at such a speed that it leaves us no time to over-intellecutalise

Creating Theatre Beyond Borders

November 23, 2013 1836

The room is peppered with marker pens and flip-chart paper; we have been brainstorming lots of ideas throughout the week. There have been lots of questions and wonderful discussions about the future of StoneCrabs Theatre Company. It ‘s been over 10 years since StoneCrabs was created, and with many projects under our belt (over 30),

Brasiliance – Project Opening 2013

Brasiliance – Project Opening 2013

September 12, 2013 2434

an oral history project StoneCrabs Theatre Company is launching an oral history project focusing on the oral histories of Brazilians living in London, who migrated to live or study or as a result of the military coups, between 1960s and 1980s. Through real-life stories the project aims to break stereotypes of Brazilian identity (i.e; carnival

The Decorator – O Decorador

The Decorator – O Decorador

July 10, 2013 8572

Swinging Sixties. The Girl From Ipanema is sunbathing at the beach; in the apartment across the road, 40 year old Marcia is in a very difficult position: Jane, the wife of her lover, turns up on her doorstep. Jane has come with the express purpose of taking her revenge by telling Marcia’s husband of his

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